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Generating an accessibility.txt File (Optional)

In July 2023, Bogdan Cerovac proposed an accessibility.txt file, similar to security.txt, intended for the website root. See his proposal Accessibility.txt – a proposed standard which allows websites to define accessibility policies

It includes human-readable fields such as:

  • Contact information
  • Expiration date
  • Preferred languages
  • Link to the accessibility statement
  • Stated WCAG conformance
  • Last update date

This project recommends generating accessibility.txt automatically from accessibility.json.

This keeps a single authoritative source of truth while still providing a lightweight human-readable version.

Example conversion:

Input: accessibility.json

{
  "language": "en",
  "project": {
    "contact": {
      "email": "accessibility@example.org"
    },
    "scope": {
      "languages": ["en", "de"]
    }
  },
  "evaluation": {
    "conformance": "partially_conformant",
    "lastAudit": "2025-11-25",
    "reportURL": "https://example.org/accessibility-statement"
  },
  "generatedAt": "2025-11-27T10:35:00Z"
}

Generated accessibility.txt:

Contact: mailto:accessibility@example.org
Preferred-Languages: en, de
Accessibility-Statement: https://example.org/accessibility-statement
WCAG-Conformance: partially conformant
Last-Update: 2025-11-25
Generated-From: accessibility.json

Recommended locations:

/accessibility.txt
/.well-known/accessibility.txt